Bracelet-locket.



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BRACELET LUGKET.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.27. 1906.

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LOUIS E. SADLER, OF ATTLEBORO. MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE F. H. SADLER CO., OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

BRACELET-LOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Application iled April 27, 1906. Serial No. 313,994.

To all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, Louis E. SADLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracelet -Lockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in lockets, and more particularly to an improvements in bracelet-lockets.

The object of my invention is to improve the contsruction of a bracelet-locket whereby the use of solder in the construction and assembling of the locket is eliminated.

A further object of my invention is to provide a bracelet-locket With a semiconcealed spring-hinge, the spring being formed integral With the hinge, whereby the locket is closed against the spring tension of the hinge and held by frictional contact in the closed position by the tension of the spring-hinge.

A still further object of my invention is to simplify the construction of a bracelet-locket, thereby reducing the cost of manufacturing the locket.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a bracelet-locket having details of construction, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved bracelet-locket, showing the locket in the closed position. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the bracelet looking at the face of the locket. Fig. 3 is an enlarged face view of the locket in the open position, showing the cover of the locket and the bracelet broken away and the transparent disk and retaining-ring removed from the body of the locket. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3 through the locket, with the cover of the locket in the closed position. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the springhinge member. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the hinge-pintle; and

ig. 7 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the locket-cover, showing the springhinge member in section andthe hinge-pintle securedl to the cover.

In the drawings, a indicates a bracelet member, which may be of any kind, design, or configuration, and b a circular locket member secured to the bracelet member a, and consisting of a plate c, a body d, a cover e, a spring-hinge f, a transparent disk g, a retaining-ring h, a tubular rivet fi., and a tubular rivet 7c.

The plate c has the ornamental border 8, the central hole 9 for the rivet i., and the 0H- center hole 10 for the rivet 7c, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The body d is in the form of a shallow circular box having the bottom 11, in which is the central hole 12 for the rivet Q', and the opening 13, which extends centrally through the side 14 for the hinge f, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The cover e has the circular lip 15, with the rolled-over edge 16 and the opening 17, which extends through the lip and coincides with the opening 13 in the bottom 11 of the body d, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7.

The hinge f consists of the spring member 18, stamped 1n an elongated form from sheet metal having a spring tension then folded over about the center to form the cylindrical knuckle 19, which is bent up at approximately right angles to the fiat spring-,arm 20, in which is a hole 21 for the rivet k, and the pintle 22, formed from wire tov have the straight central portion 23 for the knuckle 19 and the flattened curved ends 24 24 for securing the pintle to the cover, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7.

The body d is secured to the plate c by the rivet i through the central holes 9 and 12 in the plate and body in a position to bring the off-center hole 10 in the plate centrally in the opening 13 in the body d, the hinge secured to the cover e by folding the knuckle 19 of the spring member 13 around the straight central portion 23 of the pintle and securing the pintle to the cover by rolling the edges of the lip adjacent the opening 17 over the flattened ends 24 24, with the knuckle 19 in the opening 17 in the cover, and the hinge secured to the plate c with the spring-arm in the opening 13 by the rivet k through the holes 10 and 21 in the plate and hinge, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The plate c is secured to the bracelet a byl solder or other means.

When the bracelet is in the open position, as shown in Fig. 3, the knuckle 19 of the hinge springs outward from the body of the locket. The cover is closed against the tension of the spring member 18 by forcing the lip 15 of the cover over the side 14 of the body, which draws the knuckle of the hinge IOO in, as shown in Fig. 4. The cover is now held in the closed position by the frictional contact of the lip l5 on the cover with the side 14 of the body through the tension of the springihinge.

It is evident that the bracelet b could be constructed to have any design or configura tion desired Without materially affecting the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A locket comprising a body, a cover and a spring-hinge, said hinge having a portion rigidly secured to said body and a portion having pivotal relation to said cover and projecting beyond said body, said last-named portion exerting a constant tension on said cover while the latter is closed to retain same in closed position with respect to said body.

2. A locket comprising a body, a cover and a spring-hinge, said hinge consisting of a base portion rigidly secured to the upper face of the bottom of said body and an upwardly-v extending resilient portion pivotally secured to said cover and exerting a constant tension on the latter while it is closed to retain the same in closed position with respect to said body.

3. A locket comprising a body, a cover having'a lip, and a spring-hinge consisting of a spring member forming the knuckle .of the hinge secured to the body and a pintle in the knuckle secured to the cover by rolling a portion of the lip on the cover over the ends of the pintle, whereby the cover is pivotally secured to the body and held in the closed position by the frictional contact of another portion of the lip on the cover with the body of the locket, through the tension of the spring-hinge, as described.

4. A locket comprising a plate, a body in the form of a shallow box, in the bottom of which is an opening extending ythrough the side, a cover having a lip in which is an opening, and a spring-hinge consisting of a spring member forming the knuckle of the hinge secured to the plate and located in the opening in the body, and a wire pintle having a straight central portion in the lknuckle and flattened ends secured to the cover by rolling a portion of the lip on the cover over the flattened endsof the pintle, whereby the cover is pivotally secured to the body and held in the closed position by the frictional 'contact of another portion of the lip on the vcover with the body of the locket, through 'the tension of the spring-hinge, and means for securing the body of the locket to the plate, as described.

5. A locket composed of a cover, a body, and a spring-hinge for pivotally securing the cover to the body, said hinge comprising a Hat arm having a knuckle bent up therefrom at one end, and a pintle having a straight central portion engaging in said knuckle and flattened ends secure-d to said cover.

6. A locket composed of acover, a body, and a hinge having a portion rigidly vsecured to said body and having an upwardlypro- `iecting resilient knuckle, and means engaging said knuckle and secured to said cover for pivotally relating said body and cover, said knuckle exerting a constant tension yon said cover while the latter is closed to thereby retain the same in closed position with respect to said body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specil'ication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS E. SADLER.

Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, Y J. A. MILLER. 

